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Last week in a Labor and Delivery Suite with my patient Tina, I watched her five year old boy stay glued to the television, while his mother went through all the travails of labor in the bed just behind him....

By Michael Litrel, MD, FACOG, FPMRS I usually ask the father to cut the umbilical cord when he’s at the delivery. It’s not that I need the help. Rather, cutting the cord is an important symbolic event. An expectant woman...

I once removed a tumor that weighed nine pounds and twelve ounces. Before the operation I had told my patient that the mass on her ovary was at least ten pounds. So I was four ounces shy – and very...

Despite its lifetime warranty my bathroom scale is broken. No matter how many times, or how gingerly I step on it, it keeps telling me I weigh more than I do. Also, my clothes are all shrinking, despite labels which...

The operation has lasted three hours and is perhaps at its halfway point. The scrub technicians can rotate in and out as they tire. I watch a scrub tech named Josh arrive to take the place of Cathy. Cathy possesses...

In this video, Dr. Litrel discusses what women can do beyond surgical and non-surgical options to reap vaginal rejuvenation benefits. Watch more Vaginal Rejuvenation videos below

Disagreement between a husband and a wife occurs even in the best of marriages. Sometimes this manifests as open argument. But other times, marital conflict can be more subtle, an unspoken tension permeating the relationship for years like an uncomfortable...

I can tell when a patient wants to get out of my office. It was Marsha’s first appointment, and she wasn’t making eye contact, her eyes kept flicking to the door, and she was answering all my questions with mumbles....

Dr. Michael Litrel discusses how vaginal rejuvenation can help restore a woman’s confidence. Watch more Vaginal Rejuvenation videos below